Aimee Michael, mother sent to separate prisons

Aimee Michael, who was convicted last week of starting the fatal chain-reaction crash that killed three children and two adults on a highway south of Atlanta and then fleeing the scene, was released into the custody of the Georgia Department of Corrections Monday, according to the Fulton County Jail.

Her mother, Sheila, also was sent to prison Monday, in an unusually quick transition from jail. Convicts often spend weeks there after their court cases until the prison system collects them.

Aimee Michael, 24, is now being held at Metro State Prison on Constitution Road in southeast Atlanta, the Georgia Department of Corrections told Channel 2.

Sheila Michael, 53, was taken to Lee Arrendale State Prison north of Gainesville, prison officials told Channel 2.

Aimee Michael was sentenced Thursday to 36 years in prison and 14 years on probation three days after a Fulton County Superior Court jury convicted her on 13 felony counts and two traffic misdemeanors. The jury decided that she ran into a Mercedes driving alongside her on Camp Creek Parkway, sending the car spinning into an oncoming Volkswagen.